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IMF Executive Board Completes Second Review Under PRGF Arrangement for Sierra Leone, Approves Extension of Arrangement and US$7.2 Million Disbursement

Thursday, July 10, 2008

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has completed the second review of Sierra Leone's performance under a Poverty Reduction...

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SIERRA LEONE: Sex crimes continue in peacetime

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Friday, June 20, 2008

Eightyears after a civil war in Sierra Leone that became notorious for theextent of rape and violence committed against civilians, social workersfear...

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Sierra Leone ALERT: Opposition radio station shut down

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Saturday, May 17, 2008

Unity Radio, a station run by the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), was on May 8, 2008 shut down on the orders of the Minister of Information and...

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Sierra Leone ALERT: Newspaper risks legal action for defaming President

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Friday, May 16, 2008

The Press Secretary to State House, Sheka Tarawally, on May 6, 2008, threatened New Vision, an independent Freetown-based newspaper, with legal...

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UTG 9 in scholarly research seminar

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Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Nine students of the University of The Gambia (UTG), have been selected to attend Scholarly Writing and Research Methodology Workshop in Freetown,...

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SIERRA LEONE: Maternity hospital is “last resort”

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IRIN

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Two babies and several gaunt women are the only patients in the gloomy wards of the Princess Christian Maternity Hospital in Freetown. The hospital...

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SIERRA LEONE: Most prisoners have not been tried - survey

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IRIN

Friday, March 14, 2008

Over half the prisoners in Sierra Leone’s jails have not been sentenced, according to recently released survey data from the Sierra Leonean human...

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Sister Rugiatu Kanu, a midwife in Sierra Leone. “We lack everything”

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IRIN

Thursday, March 13, 2008

Sierra Leone has one of the highest levels of maternal mortality in the world. Among the myriad problems mothers there face is a lack of skilled,...

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OBITUARY NOTICE

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Monday, January 21, 2008

The families of Mr Okes Roberts, Mrs Avis Manga, the Roberts family, Mrs Nancy Johnson and family regret to announce the death ofMrs Lucy Elizabeth...

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SIERRA LEONE: Government probes unrest in diamond-mining area

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IRIN

Friday, December 21, 2007

The Sierra Leone government has called for an inquiry into unrest over diamond-mining operations in the east of the country after residents were...

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